major events
13 min Fulham supporters applaud as they pay tribute to 13-year-old fan Zach Little, who tragically died last week.
9 minutes Morsy clipped the free-kick beyond the far post to Davies, whose volley was cut back. Ipswich regained possession and Davies delivered a gorgeous cross which was saved by Szmodics, bouncing across the face of goal. Davis’s left foot is toward Harvard.
8 min Delap turned Lukic 25 yards from goal and was pulled back. Sam Morsy is on the ball…
6 minutes Fulham dominate possession. They are a good team to watch: fluent and organized with intelligent movement off the ball.
4 minutes Timothy Castagne wins the ball high up the field, a perfect excuse to dust off an old favourite.
2 minutes Both teams have started with the back three as expected. Szmodics is playing as a number 10 on the right for Ipswich with Broadhead on the left.
1 minute Fulham, in white, kick from left to right. Ipswich are wearing their pink change strips due to a clash between football tradition and commercial imperatives. After about 1.5 seconds, Delap passes the ball straight to Lukic and blows it past him. I doubt he knew what he was doing but it wasn’t bad enough for VAR to get involved.
No problem with snowy pitch But it still looks like a sad day at Craven Cottage; TV cameras are full of raindrops.
A reminder of teams
Fulham (possible 3-4-2-1) Leno; Diop, Anderson, Bassey; Castagne, Cairney, Lukic, Robinson; Wilson, Iwobi; Jimenez.
Substitutes: Bendt, Bassin, Sessegnon, Pereira, King, Smith Rowe, Traore, Godou, Muniz.
Ipswich (possible 3-4-2-1) Walton, O’Shea, Woolfenden, Greaves, Johnson, Morsy, Cageste, Davies; Szmodics, Broadhead; Delay.
Substitutes: Muric, H Clarke, Burgess, Townsend, Phillips, Taylor, Burns, J Clarke, Al-Hamdi.
Punch Darren bond.
Kieran McKenna has confirmed Omari Hutchinson He suffered a groin injury during the win over Chelsea. Conor Chaplin is also unavailable so Sam Szmodics or Nathan Broadhead will play as a number 10 on the right side.
“It’s a delicious looking match,” Jeremy Boyce says, “Must win we must win. Fulham can overtake Villa and City with three points today, while despite all their recent heroics, the Tractors are still in deep trouble.
“Win today and they will knock Wolves and Everton out of the drop zone. Lose today and this will put pressure on their future schedule. Players from both sides are making waves with their brilliant performances (Robinson/Delap), may the better team win! (Or possibly compromise on one point.)”
“It’s great to talk about Fulham’s aspirations,” “But we’re talking about Fulham,” says Richard Hurst.
“Record this season:
vs top five W3 D2 L0 Issue 11
vs bottom five W1 D3 L1 digit 6
“How Fulhamish is he? And where are Ipswich in the table? So what is the possible outcome?”
You are a big man, and you are in good shape
Team News: Hutchinson out
Marco Silva has made one change to the Fulham team that drew with Bournemouth last year. Tom Kearney Andreas Pereira has been given priority in midfield.
Kieran McKenna has made two changes to the Ipswich XI that beat Chelsea in thrilling fashion. ben johnson And Sammy Szmodics Replace Wes Burns and (possibly) the injured Omari Hutchinson.
Fulham (possible 3-4-2-1) Leno; Diop, Anderson, Bassey; Castagne, Cairney, Lukic, Robinson; Wilson, Iwobi; Jimenez.
Substitutes: Bendt, Bassin, Sessegnon, Pereira, King, Smith Rowe, Traore, Godou, Muniz.
Ipswich (possible 3-4-2-1) Walton, O’Shea, Woolfenden, Greaves, Johnson, Morsy, Cageste, Davies; Szmodics, Broadhead; Delay.
Substitutes: Muric, H Clarke, Burgess, Townsend, Phillips, Taylor, Burns, J Clarke, Al-Hamdi.
Punch Darren bond.
Preface
Hello and welcome to Craven Cottage’s live coverage of Fulham vs Ipswich. This should be a fun game between two excellently coached teams who are full of confidence after their recent win over Chelsea.
Fulham have realistic aspirations of playing European football for the first time since 2011–12; Today’s win will take them ahead of Aston Villa into eighth and just two points behind sixth-placed Manchester City.
We all know Ipswich’s goal: 17th place and another season in the Premier League. Victory at Craven Cottage would lift them even higher, to 16th, above Wolves and Everton.
There is no problem regarding the weather. The temperature in west London is around 11 degrees, so only the apocalypse can stop the game going ahead as scheduled.
launch at 2 pm.